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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
4
Community notices from Pella Iowa recount illnesses and medical treatments, family visits, and travel among residents. Among names are John Paul Klein, Albert Langerak, H E B Ver Ploeg, Jacob Zwank, and J W Vow, with events including hospital stays, recoveries, and a funeral in Maurice Iowa for Lester De Kock aged 29.
Friday evening the Home for the Aged received Rev IIS Koning of the Christian Reformed Church of Tracy who delivered a fine sermon on Matthew 28 20 I am with you always unto the end of the world Mrs P De Jong Hugen and others visited their families and several locals welcomed guests with prayers and psalms.
The Sioux County AAA office reports sealing and loan papers for about 136 000 bushels of 1989 corn and processing around 75 loans daily. One million bushels are in the sealing process for loans as township committees review farm histories. After committees report, allotments and intention sheets for 1940 will be prepared, with February as a target completion. Exports of horses are currently minor but could rise if a long European war increases demand.
Antoinette Vander Ploeg dies at her parents home aged thirty four months and seventeen days after a long spinal illness. Survived by her parents sister Mrs Henry Boeyink Martinsburg Iowa and brothers Edward Sioux Center and Alfred Ames. Born Oley educated at Pella public schools and Central College class of 1930. Funeral at home then First Reformed Church with interment in Oakwood cemetery.
The community mourns for Mr and Mrs timer Goodwin on the loss of their only child Elizabeth Ann who died at Methodist hospital Des Moines after a brief throat illness. She underwent surgery and infection worsened before she passed away. Funeral services were held at Second Reformed church with pastors Paul Christensen and Richard Vanden Berg, and the body was interred in Boone Town.
Mrs M Kramer nee Harriet Williams daughter of George Williams Monroe Iowa died at home 1100 North Main Saturday Jan 6 after long illness aged eighty one years nine months. Survived by daughters Clara Pyle Des Moines and Leura Moschel Ottumwa. one daughter died young. Funeral at home Jan 8 Reverend G Menning Third Reformed Church Des Moines. Body interred Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs Henry E Ver Ploeg died at her home 810 Washington street Tuesday morning after a brief illness. The obituary notes she was a longtime resident and leaves a sorrowing family, with funeral plans to be announced by the family.
The deceased had reached eighty seven years and twenty one days. Funeral services will be held at the home on Thursday January 11 at 1 00 pm and at 1 30 pm at the Third Reformed church. Burial will be in Porter Grove cemetery. Further particulars will appear in the next issue.
Fragmented report notes Finns fighting Russians with captured materials and allies aiding with rifles of matching calibers. Hore-Belisha resigns amid army brass clash. Chamberlain warns of imminent large scale war and a United States of Europe. Western Front quiet, Italy tilts to Allies, Rumaniains stand firm on Bessarabia, Japan plots a new commercial pact while Manchukuo joins in anti communist bloc.
Iowa winter driving tips from Chief C A Knee advise gradual braking, no sharp stops, and driving with dim lights in fog. Drivers should expect ice near trees bridges and hill crests and start in second gear on slick pavements.
Public health official Mary Countryman urges keeping a child home during a cold to prevent spread and aid recovery. She suggests trading school days for rest, notes winter is peak for illnesses, and emphasizes covering coughs and sneezes to curb transmission. Norfolk items follow about balls found in a squirrel cage and unused New York marriage licenses.
A missionary letter from Kulangsu Amoy describes Christmas hope amid war in China. It notes Bible distribution rising despite paper ink shortages and blockade, large church attendance, and active schools hospitals and refugee camps. Prices soar, supplies fall, malnutrition risks rise while gardeners provide needed vitamins. ва
Iowa meetings focus on boosting pork product consumption with emphasis on lard. Pemberton cites 1938 fall pigs and 1939 spring pigs totaling 13.82 million, averaging 245 pounds, yielding 483.7 million pounds of lard, enough to load 13,820 cars. pork sales account for 43 percent of farm income.
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